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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southwestern Power Administration
Integrated System Rate Schedules
Southwestern Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of public review and
comment on proposed extension.
AGENCY:
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The Administrator,
Southwestern Power Administration
(Southwestern), completed an annual
review of the continuing adequacy of
the existing hydroelectric power rates
for the Integrated System which are in
effect through September 30, 2017. This
review, included within the 2017
Integrated System Power Repayment
Study (PRS), indicated the need for a
revenue adjustment of 0.7 percent to
continue to satisfy cost recovery criteria.
Because the 0.7 percent revenue
adjustment is within Southwestern’s
established ± 2 percent rate adjustment
threshold, the Administrator has
deferred the revenue adjustment and is
proposing, to the Deputy Secretary for
interim approval, a two-year extension
of the Integrated System Rate Schedules
for the period October 1, 2017 to
September 30, 2019. Southwestern’s
current Integrated System Rate
Schedules P–13, NFTS–13A, and EE–13
are set to expire September 30, 2017.
DATES: Written comments are due on or
before July 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted to Marshall Boyken, Senior
Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer, Office of Corporate Operations,
Southwestern Power Administration,
U.S. Department of Energy, One West
Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103,
(918) 595–6646, marshall.boyken@
swpa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marshall Boyken, Senior Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer, Office of
Corporate Operations, Southwestern
Power Administration, U.S. Department
of Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa,
Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595–6646,
marshall.boyken@swpa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally
established by Secretarial Order No.
1865 of the Secretary of the Interior
dated August 31, 1943, Southwestern is
a Federal Power Marketing
Administration within the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE), transferred
to DOE by the Department of Energy
Organization Act, Public Law 95–91,
dated August 4, 1977. Guidelines for
rate extensions are under Title 10,
subpart A of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR 903.23). Procedures
for the confirmation and approval of
rates for the Federal Power Marketing
Administrations are found at Title 18,
chapter I, subchapter L of the Code of
Federal Regulations (18 CFR part 300).
Southwestern markets power from 24
multi-purpose reservoir projects with
hydroelectric power facilities
constructed and operated by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). These
projects are located in the states of
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Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and
Texas. Southwestern’s marketing area
includes these states plus Kansas and
Louisiana. The costs associated with the
hydropower facilities of 22 of the 24
projects are repaid via revenues
received under the Integrated System
rates, as are the costs associated with
Southwestern’s transmission facilities
that consist of 1,380 miles of highvoltage transmission lines, 27
substations, and 46 microwave and VHF
radio sites. Costs associated with the
Sam Rayburn and Robert D. Willis
Dams, two Corps projects that are
isolated hydraulically, electrically, and
financially from the Integrated System,
are repaid by separate rate schedules
and are not addressed in this notice.
Decision Rationale
Southwestern’s current Integrated
System Rate Schedules (P–13, NFTS–
13A, and EE–13) are based on the 2013
PRS. Each subsequent annual PRS,
through 2017, has indicated the need for
a revenue adjustment that fell within a
plus or minus two percent range. It is
Southwestern’s practice to defer
revenue adjustments for the Integrated
System if such adjustments are within
plus or minus two percent of the
revenue estimated from the current
Integrated System Rate Schedules. The
deferral of a revenue adjustment (rate
change) provides for rate stability and
savings on the administrative cost of
implementation, and recognizes that the
revenue sufficiency will be re-examined
in the following year’s PRS. Therefore,
in line with the annual PRS results,
Southwestern has deferred revenue
adjustments in 2014, 2015, 2016 and
2017. The most recent deferral was in
response to the 2017 Integrated System
PRS, which concluded that the annual
revenues needed to be increased by 0.7
percent. It was determined to be
prudent to defer the increase in
accordance with the established ± 2
percent threshold, allowing the current
Integrated System Rate Schedules,
which are set to expire September 30,
2017, to remain in effect.
Therefore, Southwestern is proposing
an extension of the current Integrated
System Rate Schedules, for the period
October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2019.
In accordance with 10 CFR 903.22(h)
and 903.23(a)(3), the Deputy Secretary
of Energy may extend existing rates on
an interim basis beyond the period
specified by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC).
The current Integrated System Rate
Schedules were placed in effect on an
interim basis by the Deputy Secretary of
Energy effective September 1, 2013, and
were confirmed and approved by the
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FERC on a final basis on January 9,
2014, for a period that ends September
30, 2017. Since the current Integrated
System Rate Schedules were first placed
in effect, there has been one change. A
specific section (2.3.6) within NonFederal Transmission Service (NFTS)
rate schedule NFTS–13 was added to
replace the stated-rate for customers
taking Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
Network Integration Transmission
Service (NITS) with a revenuerequirement based methodology that
includes determining the SPP NITS
Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR)
portion of Southwestern’s NFTS ARR.
The rate schedule was re-designated
NFTS–13A to reflect the change to the
initial rate schedule. This rate schedule
change was placed in effect on an
interim basis by the Deputy Secretary of
Energy effective January 1, 2017, and
confirmed and approved on a final basis
by the FERC on March 9, 2017, under
docket EF14–1–001. This revision had
no impact on the revenue requirements
for Southwestern’s Integrated System.
No change was made to the original
expiration date, September 30, 2017.
The Administrator will review and
consider all written comments and the
information gathered when submitting
the finalized Integrated System Rate
Schedules Extension to the Deputy
Secretary of Energy for confirmation and
approval on an interim basis.
Dated: May 31, 2017.
Scott Carpenter,
Administrator.
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EPA issued a notice in the
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soliciting comments on the proposed
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EPA, No. 16–1158 (D.C. Cir.). The
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Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
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telephone: (202) 564–0291; fax number
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period established in the Federal
Register document of January 19, 2017.
In that document, EPA announced a 30day public review period soliciting
comments on the proposed settlement
agreement in Sierra Club v. EPA, No.
16–1158 (D.C. Cir.). The proposed
settlement agreement would resolve
Sierra Club’s lawsuit challenging EPA’s
final action titled ‘‘Revisions to Ambient
Monitoring Quality Assurance and
Other Requirements’’ upon EPA’s
issuance of two nonbinding guidance
documents recommending public
notification practices concerning the
submission and approval of ambient air
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state Web site and notify interested
parties of plan availability for public
comment. EPA would also request that
states confirm in a submitted plan the
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nonbinding recommendation. As
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0030. EPA is hereby reopening the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southwestern Power Administration
Integrated System Rate Schedules
AGENCY: Southwestern Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of public review and comment on proposed extension.
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SUMMARY: The Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration
(Southwestern), completed an annual review of the continuing adequacy
of the existing hydroelectric power rates for the Integrated System
which are in effect through September 30, 2017. This review, included
within the 2017 Integrated System Power Repayment Study (PRS),
indicated the need for a revenue adjustment of 0.7 percent to continue
to satisfy cost recovery criteria. Because the 0.7 percent revenue
adjustment is within Southwestern's established 2 percent
rate adjustment threshold, the Administrator has deferred the revenue
adjustment and is proposing, to the Deputy Secretary for interim
approval, a two-year extension of the Integrated System Rate Schedules
for the period October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2019. Southwestern's
current Integrated System Rate Schedules P-13, NFTS-13A, and EE-13 are
set to expire September 30, 2017.
DATES: Written comments are due on or before July 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to Marshall Boyken, Senior Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer, Office of Corporate Operations,
Southwestern Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, One West
Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595-6646,
marshall.boyken@swpa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marshall Boyken, Senior Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer, Office of Corporate Operations,
Southwestern Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, One West
Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595-6646,
marshall.boyken@swpa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally established by Secretarial Order
No. 1865 of the Secretary of the Interior dated August 31, 1943,
Southwestern is a Federal Power Marketing Administration within the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), transferred to DOE by the Department
of Energy Organization Act, Public Law 95-91, dated August 4, 1977.
Guidelines for rate extensions are under Title 10, subpart A of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 903.23). Procedures for the
confirmation and approval of rates for the Federal Power Marketing
Administrations are found at Title 18, chapter I, subchapter L of the
Code of Federal Regulations (18 CFR part 300).
Southwestern markets power from 24 multi-purpose reservoir projects
with hydroelectric power facilities constructed and operated by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). These projects are located in the
states of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Southwestern's
marketing area includes these states plus Kansas and Louisiana. The
costs associated with the hydropower facilities of 22 of the 24
projects are repaid via revenues received under the Integrated System
rates, as are the costs associated with Southwestern's transmission
facilities that consist of 1,380 miles of high-voltage transmission
lines, 27 substations, and 46 microwave and VHF radio sites. Costs
associated with the Sam Rayburn and Robert D. Willis Dams, two Corps
projects that are isolated hydraulically, electrically, and financially
from the Integrated System, are repaid by separate rate schedules and
are not addressed in this notice.
Decision Rationale
Southwestern's current Integrated System Rate Schedules (P-13,
NFTS-13A, and EE-13) are based on the 2013 PRS. Each subsequent annual
PRS, through 2017, has indicated the need for a revenue adjustment that
fell within a plus or minus two percent range. It is Southwestern's
practice to defer revenue adjustments for the Integrated System if such
adjustments are within plus or minus two percent of the revenue
estimated from the current Integrated System Rate Schedules. The
deferral of a revenue adjustment (rate change) provides for rate
stability and savings on the administrative cost of implementation, and
recognizes that the revenue sufficiency will be re-examined in the
following year's PRS. Therefore, in line with the annual PRS results,
Southwestern has deferred revenue adjustments in 2014, 2015, 2016 and
2017. The most recent deferral was in response to the 2017 Integrated
System PRS, which concluded that the annual revenues needed to be
increased by 0.7 percent. It was determined to be prudent to defer the
increase in accordance with the established 2 percent
threshold, allowing the current Integrated System Rate Schedules, which
are set to expire September 30, 2017, to remain in effect.
Therefore, Southwestern is proposing an extension of the current
Integrated System Rate Schedules, for the period October 1, 2017 to
September 30, 2019. In accordance with 10 CFR 903.22(h) and
903.23(a)(3), the Deputy Secretary of Energy may extend existing rates
on an interim basis beyond the period specified by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC).
The current Integrated System Rate Schedules were placed in effect
on an interim basis by the Deputy Secretary of Energy effective
September 1, 2013, and were confirmed and approved by the
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FERC on a final basis on January 9, 2014, for a period that ends
September 30, 2017. Since the current Integrated System Rate Schedules
were first placed in effect, there has been one change. A specific
section (2.3.6) within Non-Federal Transmission Service (NFTS) rate
schedule NFTS-13 was added to replace the stated-rate for customers
taking Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Network Integration Transmission
Service (NITS) with a revenue-requirement based methodology that
includes determining the SPP NITS Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR)
portion of Southwestern's NFTS ARR. The rate schedule was re-designated
NFTS-13A to reflect the change to the initial rate schedule. This rate
schedule change was placed in effect on an interim basis by the Deputy
Secretary of Energy effective January 1, 2017, and confirmed and
approved on a final basis by the FERC on March 9, 2017, under docket
EF14-1-001. This revision had no impact on the revenue requirements for
Southwestern's Integrated System. No change was made to the original
expiration date, September 30, 2017.
The Administrator will review and consider all written comments and
the information gathered when submitting the finalized Integrated
System Rate Schedules Extension to the Deputy Secretary of Energy for
confirmation and approval on an interim basis.
Dated: May 31, 2017.
Scott Carpenter,
Administrator.
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